Government officials administer general elections
Candidate who receives plurality/ popular votes
first Tuesday (of a full week)

Captured Agency

A government regulatory agency supposedly serving the public interests but it consistently makes decisions favorable to the private interests that it regulates

Calendars committee

A special procedural policy-making body in the Texas House of Representatives that schedules bills that already have been approved by other committees for floor debate.

comprehensive revision

Constitutional revision through the adoption of a new constitution.

head of the executive branch

rick perry

coalition

partnership; league; union of separate political parties

City council

legislative branch of local government

County Sheriff

Chief law-enforcement official & Maintains county jail

casework

Assistance given to constituents by congressional members, answering questions/doing favors

Constitution

Legal structure of a political system, establishing government bodies and defining their powers.

quorum

The minimum number required to conduct business (as in a legislative body).

Interest groups

private structures that seek to influence public policy to benefit or serve their members

Article 1 Section 8

necessary and proper clause

ideology

a system of social or political ideas

Term length of County judge/County Commissioner

4 years

Referendum

Removal of an ordinance (power of home-rule)

Enumerated powers

Congress may exercise only those powers that are granted to it by the Constitution, and subject to explicit restrictions in the Bill of Rights and other protections found in the Constitutional text

The integration of national economies into a world economic system in which companies compete worldwide for suppliers and markets.

Global Economy

TX legislator Sessions

Biennial, 140 days every two years

Formula grant

A federal grant based in specific criteria such as income levels or population.

Plural executive

A fragmented system of authority under which most statewide, executive officeholders are elected independently of the governor, This arrangement, which is used in Texas, places severe limitations on the governor's power.

term limits

Restrictions that exist in some states about how long an individual may serve in state and/or local elected offices.

the city manager is incharge of ?

uniciple departments

Council-manager form

a system of municipal government in which an elected city council hires a manager to coordinate budgetary matters and supervise administrative departments

one-party system

political party system that has only one official political party

Jurisdiction

an area of authority or control; the right to administer justice

Texas Traditionalistic

influence of old south and patron system; Uses government as a means of preserving status quo

The division of political authority among, legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government.

Seperation of powers

Members of the Republican party that wanted sweeping and social change to take place in the South after the civil war.

Radical republicans

Temporary Acting Legislators

2003- if sitting legislator is called into active military service, they may designate a temporary replacement, subject to majority approval

Issue-attention cycle

A pattern in which public interest in an issue or problem is heightened by intensive media coverage. Media attention and public interest will wane after government takes steps to address their concerns, but most issues or problems are never permanently resolved another crisis, perhaps years later, will restart the cycle.

What is it called when the Governor consults with a senator before making an appointment to an agency board?

Recess Appointments

permanent party organization

in texas, the precinct chairs, county and district executive committees and state executive committee form a permanent organization of a political party

Original Jurisdiction

power of the court to hear case first

Money constitutionally set aside as an endowment to finance construction, maintenance, and some other activities at the University of Texas, Texas A&M University, and other institutions in those two University systems.